{"id":"DUT-FL-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Florida Legislature (codified statute); Department of Health","authority":"Fla. Const. art. III; Fla. Stat. ch. 381","instrument":"Statute: Fla. Stat. § 381.0011 (2020)","title":"Duties and powers of the Department of Health","dateIssued":"2020-07-01","effective":"In force throughout 2020 Q2 through 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-07-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","OTHER"],"addressees":["the Department of Health (duty of the enforcing agency; the persons bound are those subject to the laws and rules it enforces under ss. 381.0012 and 381.00315)"],"clause":"It is the duty of the Department of Health to:... (2) Administer and enforce laws and rules relating to sanitation, control of communicable diseases, illnesses and hazards to health among humans and from animals to humans, and the general health of the people of the state.","enforcement":"None in this section; enforcement through s. 381.0012 (injunction; warrants; duty of sheriffs and police to assist) and s. 381.00315(6) (second-degree misdemeanor)","functions":[],"notes":"The statute imposes on the Department of Health the duty to administer and enforce the sanitation and communicable-disease laws and rules, to coordinate \u0027the prevention and suppression of communicable... diseases\u0027 with federal, state and local officials, and to \u0027investigate and control the spread of disease\u0027 in an emergency (subs. (2), (3), (7)); it is the rulemaking base for Fla. Admin. Code ch. 64D-3 (Ex. DUT-FL-013).","sourceUrl":"http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026StatuteYear=2020\u0026URL=0300-0399/0381/Sections/0381.0011.html","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":93205,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-FL","url":"/library/DUT-FL-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-FL-002","citation":"Florida Legislature (codified statute); Department of Health, Statute: Fla. Stat. § 381.0011 (2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-FL-002)","stateName":"Florida","related":["DUT-FL-013","DUT-FL-003"]}